Building tile



Nov. 2o,1923. f 1,415,092,

C. H. TGPFELMYR www@ Tim 'Filed sept. 25, 1922 Inveh'or' /3 Chores H.Toelme yer Patented Nov. 2Q, l923.

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CHARLES HENERY TOFFELMEYER, EHAMILTON, ONTARO, CANADA, .ASSIGNO-R OFONE-HALF TG SIDNEY SI'ITHCURTISfOF HAMILTON, CANADA. i i

BUILDN G TILE.

Implication filed. September 25, 1922. Serial No. 520,420.

To all whom t may concern: i

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. Tor- FELMEYER, a subject of the King ofGreat Britain, and a resident of the city of Hamilton, in the count)T ofWentworth, in Vthe Province of Ontario, Dominion of Canada, haveinvented certain new and useful lmprovements in Building Tiles, of whichthe following is the specification.

My invention relates to improvements in building tiles with particularreference to what are commonly known as interlocking wall-tiles and theobject of the invention is to devise a tile of this type which when rlaid will of itself present a fully finished exposed wall surface thuseliminating the necessity of surfacing the tile wall with stucco, brickor other materiahafter the tile wall is erected; a further object is tomake the tile of such shape that the process of laying will besimplified and shortened thus effecting a reduction in labor costs, anda still further object is to do away with the use of filler pieces ofvarious shapes required when building with former interlocking tilesthus further reducing building costs.

My invention consists essentially of a main tile of L-shape, the endface of one leg of which constitutes a finished exposed wall surface,and a filler tile adapted to lie within the recess formed in the maintile by the diverging legs thereof, one edge of said filler tileconstituting a nished exposed wall surface of similar size and shape tothe aforesaid exposed face of the main tile,

all as hereinafter more particularly dc-Y scribed and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings in which:

Fig. l is a vertical cross section through a portion of a wall showingthe application of my improved tile.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a portion of a wall in which my tileshave been used.

In the drawings like characters of referenceA indicate corespondingparts in the different views.

l 'indicates a foundation supporting a vwall 2 composed of L-shaped maintiles 3 and filler tiles 4.

5 and 6 are the two diverging legs of the E -shaped tile 3, and 7 is therecess formed in the tile by these legs 5 and 6.

i The tiles are cored at 8` and the ionger faces 9 and l0 are -groovedat 11, after the usual well known manner.

, l2 is mortar.

13 is an end face ofthe leg 6, and 14 is thle puter exposed edge face ofthe filler ti e The thickness of the leg 6, indicated by the letter' A,is equal to the thickness of the filler 4l, indicated by the letter Band each of these dimensions is just slightlyv less than one half thetotal thickness of the tile indicated by the letter The amount by whichthe sum of the thickness A and B is less than C is equal to thethickness of the layer of mortar D. This will be referred tohereinafter. Y

The construction and manner of using my improved building tiles is asfollows.

The main tile 3 is laid so that the edge l() is horizontal with the edge9 facing backwardly away from the front face of the wall. The face 13 ofthe leg G forms a part of the outer exposed face of the wall.

'The tiles 3 and 4 areof the same length and the filler tiles l are laidabove the branches 6 and within the recesses 7, the tiles beingstaggered after vthe usual manner of laying bricks (see Fig. 2).

Owing to the shape and size of the tiles it is to be noted that theiller tiles 4c, with the layer of mortar l2, exactly fill the recesses 7asregards heightl and therefore the laying of these fillers completesthe tile unit into rectangular shape and provides a proper level surfaceupon which to lay the next tier of tiles.

Further, the exposed faces 13 and lei of the main tile 3 and filler tile4;, constitute the entire exposed surface of the wall and, sinceV theyare of similar dimensions, a proper uniform exposed wall surface is presented (see Fig. 2).

hese exposed faces 13 and 14 are preferably surface finished torepresent a standard building brick in size and surface finish, andtherefore, when the laying'of the tiles is completed, the exteriorsurface finish of the wall is also completed and the wall presents theappearance of an ordinary brick wall.

Formerly the types of interlocking tiles used did not permit of theaccomplishment of the above result and it was necessary to surfacefinish the wall after laying the tiles, bystucco, brick veneer or othersuitable means. This of course involved great eXtral sary to use anumber of different shaped Y fillers and of different sizes, since theinterstices between the tiles were of irregular size and shape.

This involved considerable additional material cost and thep'roc'ess oflaying 'was' much slower.

As before mentioned with Vmy tiles the completionof each tier presents aflat regular top surface.

This is an important feature since it facilitates the placing` ofscantling, frames, sills and such like Without the necessity of breakingthe vtiles as Wouldbe the case were a flat surface not Vso convenientlyavailable.

Wvhile I have referred to the application of my invention to tiles inwhich a Wall giving the appearance of an ordinaryT brick ivall isobtained, this could of course be altered as desired by changing thesize and surface finish of the tile.' Y Y From the foregoing it will beVevident that I have devised a building tile Which should prove of greatvalue to build-ers.

TvVliat l cl-aim as my invention is:

A wall structure comprising` main tiles and a filler tile associatedwith each main tile, veac'li iiller tilesituated Within a recess 1n amain til'ez the tiles being vso formed that the cross section of eachpair of assembled main and filler tiles is rectangular. Y

CHARLES HENERY TOFFELMEYER. Witnesses:

JOHN J. Hin/WARD, NO'UM GOLES.

